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Mergermarket: Elite National Firms Get Fattest Slice of TX Megadeals

The battle to represent Texas corporations in their largest mergers, acquisitions and divestitures is being won by a half-dozen law firms with offices in Texas and more than a dozen that have no presence in the state at all.

New data from independent research firm Mergermarket: shows Texas-based businesses are turning to national law firms headquartered outside of the state to handle the crème de la crème of mega-mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in 2016.

February 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

Mergermarket: Elite National Firms Get Fattest Slice of TX Megadeals

The battle to represent Texas corporations in their largest mergers, acquisitions and divestitures is being won by a half-dozen law firms with offices in Texas and more than a dozen that have no presence in the state at all.

New data from independent research firm Mergermarket: shows Texas-based businesses are turning to national law firms headquartered outside of the state to handle the crème de la crème of mega-mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in 2016.

February 27, 2017 Mark Curriden

South Texas College of Law Houston Students Win Two National Advocacy Titles

Students from South Texas College of Law Houston won the university’s 124th and 125th national advocacy titles this month.

February 26, 2017 Mark Curriden

‘Judicial Icon’ Chief Justice Jack Pope Dies at 103

His judicial tenure, as a whole, was the longest of any Texas Supreme Court justice.

February 25, 2017 Mark Curriden

V&E Advises in $3.6B Earth Imagery Acquisition

A group of Texas Vinson & Elkins lawyers advised Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates on a $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based global provider of high-resolution Earth imagery products and services.

February 25, 2017 Mark Curriden

V&E Advises in $3.6B Earth Imagery Acquisition

A group of Texas Vinson & Elkins lawyers advised Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates on a $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based global provider of high-resolution Earth imagery products and services.

February 25, 2017 Mark Curriden

Exclusive – Goldman Sachs Litigation Tied to Alleged Conflicts by Federal Judge’s Law Clerk and Prestigious Law Firm

Should law clerks for federal judges be allowed to work on cases involving law firms that have previously employed them or plan to employ them in the future? Gruber Elrod says that’s exactly what happened in their $20 million breach of contract case against Goldman Sachs and that one of the most prominent corporate law firms in America knew about the conflict but kept quiet. Now, the litigation has become bitterly contentious. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details about this extraordinary story.

February 23, 2017 Mark Curriden

Updated – King & Spalding Beefs Up Houston Corporate Practice with Six New Partners

The Atlanta-based firm lured four partners from Andrews Kurth and two partners from Bracewell to its Houston office, which has nearly 100 attorneys.

February 21, 2017 Mark Curriden

Updated – King & Spalding Beefs Up Houston Corporate Practice with Six New Partners

The Atlanta-based firm lured four partners from Andrews Kurth and two partners from Bracewell to its Houston office, which has nearly 100 attorneys.

February 21, 2017 Mark Curriden

Updated: Colleagues, Friends Mourn Loss of Munsch Hardt Founder

Austin bankruptcy lawyer Russell Munsch, one of the founding partners of Dallas-based Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, was one of five people who were killed Tuesday in a small plane crash in Australia. Munsch Hardt officials issued a public statement Tuesday morning that confirmed the lawyer’s death. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

February 21, 2017 Mark Curriden

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